The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist

Photo caption: Secretary Marco Rubio participates in a Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism family photo at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2026. Photo credit: Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via Flickr. US government work. Commentary article by Jason M. Blazakis, Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Defense One – July 22, 2026.

Focusing on it will only make Americans more vulnerable to actual threats.

The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist movement called antifa threatens the democratic world. At the event, allies were asked to mobilize against that enemy despite nations like the Netherlands and Germany politely noting to their host that they cannot find evidence of any such group. […]

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